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Copenhagen banned rental scooters from the city centre.

For some reason, people were finishing their ride and leaving the scooter in the bike lane, across the sidewalk, across a pedestrian crossing etc.

The rental companies were intentionally blocking the sidewalk in the city centre, arranging the scooters in neat lines overnight. Presumably for visibility/advertising.

All this happens to a much lesser extent with the SV-style ebike rental companies, though it's still not unusual to see those parked badly.

It happens rarely with the manual bike rental company. I think they make you photograph the parked bike when you finish, so they are almost always in a bike rack.